Keyword: «gerontology»

This article is devoted to a problem of social and psychological adaptation of elderly people. Adaptation in work is considered as ability of the personality to carry out the leading activity, to satisfy the main sotsiogenny requirements, to endure conditions of self-affirmation and free self-expression of creative abili-ties. Features of adaptation and disadaptation of elderly people, communication of adaptation with the leading spheres of life at this age are studied.

The article is devoted to the role of gerontology in the social adaptation and self-realization of the elderly. The data of the author's study are presented, the purpose of which was to identify factors that contribute to the motivation for learning and active longevity of older people. The results of the study are of practical importance, as they allow us to determine ways and means of improving the system of non-formal education of older people.